By aprilholle | general observation, things to do
While there’s a lot to be said about online community and how much value it creates in the web industry, I’d like to focus on offline community for a second. A great deal of time and money has been spent on building online communities and connecting people from one nation to another, but lately the
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By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, design, life news, project management, seo
I’ve left my position at Terralever as a front end architect to explore other opportunities within the Phoenix area. Over the last few months I’ve developed an interest in other aspects of the web industry, not just xhtml/css. I’d like to expand my abilities in areas such as web marketing strategy, seo/sem, design and other
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By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, new idea!, seo, speaker reviews, things to do, viral marketing
So I got to sit down with Brian Shaler yesterday during the Phoenix BarCamp and really pick his brain regarding his recent boost in popularity on the net. I’ve been on a big personal branding kick and I’m trying to talk to anyone who’s someone to ask them how they “did it”. Not necessarily to
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By aprilholle | new idea!, speaker reviews, things to do
Alright so at this point everyone has read the 2007 Web Design Survey at A List Apart. If you haven’t, you should… really. This is the first time we’ve ever had a survey for the web industry alone, and while it’s not necessarily scientific, it is a good sampling of the community, nearly 33,000 web
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